document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=850460>Question 850460</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How can you solve these two equations by substitution? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 2y = -10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2x - 6  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x - 2y = -10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -2x - 6 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-2(-2x-6) = -10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+4x+12 = -10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+12 = -10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x = -10-22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x =-32/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find y, plug the value of x just found into EITHER original equations given.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I will use y = -2x - 6. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -2(-32/5)-6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = (64/5)-6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you finish?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just continue to simplify for y.\r<BR>\n" );
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